FS: tooter I.V 2 inch thick intake manifold spacer

[CrankyOldMan]

Originally Posted by tooter

It only took 4 units to saturate the market!

Breaking ground with a new product is always an assumed risk, and a minimal one I was more than willing to take. The whole creative process is an exciting adventure.


Greg

Yeah, I pretty much did that with the Blitz gaskets. I'm sure the glovebox gauge panel will fare about the same.

That said, would there be any point to trying to combine this with a supercharger?

[tooter]

Originally Posted by CrankyOldMan

Yeah, I pretty much did that with the Blitz gaskets. I'm sure the glovebox gauge panel will fare about the same.

That said, would there be any point to trying to combine this with a supercharger?

I don't believe it would be of any benefit, Cranky...

Longer intake runners increasing low end torque relates to normally aspirated induction where the action of the intake valves abruptly closing creates pressure waves that travel back and forth in the intake runners. When the timing of those pulses is altered because they have farther to travel the torque peak becomes shifted down lower in the rpm range.



As you can see, the effect on horsepower is essentially zero, and the torque increase is only +3. Almost all of the benefit is from the torque peak being reached 400 rpm sooner, at 3,650 instead of 4,050.

Putting an active pump between the throttle body and the head not only interrupts those pulses, but the fact that it is already pressuring the incoming air renders the value of timing of those pulses irrelevant.

Bottom line: What you already have is lightyears better than any spacer, so it is impossible for the spacer to make it any better.


Greg